Frederick S. Humphries: Support black universities

12:03 AM,
Feb. 22, 2010

Written by

Amanda Nalley
DEMOCRAT STAFF WRITER

Frederick S. Humphries knows a thing or two about higher education and religion.

The former Florida A&M University president and a life-long Catholic who once aspired to be a priest, Humphries combined the subjects for a crowd Sunday at Bethel AME Church's Black History Month and Church School programs.

"Jesus in his short life on this earth had his moments of disbelief," Humphries said to the crowd gathered in the church's chapel. "Thomas doubted him the entire time. Peter denied him thrice. That is like black colleges. No matter how much they do, in the next instance they doubt the quality." ...